Saiga Rifles?

[JagMagMan]

I was looking at EAA Saiga rifles. They are built on the AK frame, in a Kalishnakov factory. They look like good rifles at a good price. Does anyone have any experience with these guns? Good or bad?

[JagMagMan]

I guess no one has any experience on this one???

[frizzellr]

I was wondering the same thing. I was looking at one the other day and if it shoots then the price is definately right. Hard to argue with the design and it has to shoot at least as well or better than a Mini 14.

[Briman]

Yeah, and at about 1/2 the price as a mini14 and sturdy enough to take take calibers like the .308 unlike the mini.

I've been waiting on reports of how these rifles perform also before I buy one- the price is very attractive.

[Aught Six]

I fired a friend-of-a-friend's 7.62x39 model a couple of years ago, and it performed marginally better than a Romanian SAR-1. I can't really remember offhand, but I think my 100 yard groups were around 1.5-2 inches with cheap Wolf 122 gr. FMJs. The stock was pretty short, and I didn't like the feel.

Sorry, I haven't tried their .308 model yet. I used to be a fan of com-bloc rifles for plinking, but I got bored after a while. Pretty much stick to the bolt-actions now.

P.S.

Yeah, and at about 1/2 the price as a mini14 and sturdy enough to take take calibers like the .308 unlike the mini.

You've never seen the Mini-30?

[frizzellr]

You've never seen the Mini-30?

Yes, the Mini 30 is chambered for 7.62x39mm, not 308 Win.

[Aught Six]

Oops....don't know how I mixed those up. My bad.

[Briman]

I've heard reports where ruger tried to produce a .308 in the mini rifle, but the rifle wasn't robust enough to handle the cartridge.

[frizzellr]

Isn't the Mini action a cut down copy of an M14/M1A1 action?